Country 10: Switzerland

As I close in on 100 countries… I’m retracing my route… Fresh from a mid-summer glacier ski on the Jungfrau mountain, the fifteen-year-old me surveys the world… glimpsing a future packed with travel and adventure…

Country 8: Holland

As I close in on 100 countries… I’m retracing my route… A naturally flat and featureless landscape need not mean boring. Not when human ingenuity has garnished it with tulips and windmills…

Country 7: Belgium

As I close in on 100 countries visited in a lifetime of roaming… I’m retracing my route… What could I say about Belgium back then?… I left pretty much as I had arrived, with a jumble of impressions…

Country 6: Greece

As I close in on 100 countries visited in a lifetime of roaming… I’m retracing my route… A family holiday in Crete gave free reign to a young mind that had been devouring Greek mythology…